Sunday, January 19, 2014

Undulation

When I chose this theme, I really had no preconceived notions about
what I would shoot. I found myself daydreaming while staring out the
window while sitting in an automatic car wash, and it struck me suddenly
that I was seeing undulating shapes through the windshield. I scrambled
for my iPhone (didn't have my DSLR with me) before the rinse cycle
ended, and I was able fire off a few shots.

When I want to focus on lines and shapes within an image, I
like to convert it to black and white because sometimes color can
distract the viewer from the strongest elements, which is this case is
the wavy and undulating shapes. -Cort

What a great week to capture this theme. We had 3 days of over 50 mph winds! I thought this shot perfectly captured the word undulation. What a fun theme. Side note: My first goal was to catch waves in motion. On one of the days when we were having gale force winds, I headed to a neighborhood lake. As I turned the corner, I saw a lot of geese standing on the middle of the lake and my first thought was, Oh, awesome, I'm totally getting them in my photo. My second thought was, Oh, they are standing in the middle of the lake. Standing. On a frozen lake. Sigh. I forgot I lived in Nebraska and it was January. Of course, as I write this, it's 64 degrees out, so you never know! -Dina

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About This Project

How do two photographers, with unique backgrounds and skills, interpret and execute the same assignment? Now is your chance to find out!

Every week for one year, we will take turns coming up with a theme for that week's photography. At the end of the week, we will post our best images, and you will get to see how how our approaches, and our final images, differ from each other.

We look forward to challenging each other creatively, and, we hope, get a little out of our comfort zone. We think this will only make us better photographers, and better observers of the world around us. We can't wait to share this project with you over the following year.